This study aimed to tackle three main research
questions:
" What are the day to day experiences of
education and schooling for young people aged
13 to 14 years in long term foster care?
" What kind of social supports do these young
people have available to them beyond the
foster family in which they are placed? (Social
supports are measured here in terms of contact
with birth family, friendship networks and
participation in hobbies/leisure activities).
" What relationship, if any, do placement
conditions have with young people’s education
and schooling, as well as their social supports?

This study aimed to tackle three main research
questions:
" What are the day to day experiences of
education and schooling for young people aged
13 to 14 years in long term foster care?
" What kind of social supports do these young
people have available to them beyond the
foster family in which they are placed? (Social
supports are measured here in terms of contact
with birth family, friendship networks and
participation in hobbies/leisure activities).
" What relationship, if any, do placement
conditions have with young people’s education
and schooling, as well as their social supports?

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Funded by The National
Children’s Office

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en

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University of Dublin Trinity College (TCD)

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CHILD IN CARE

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FOSTER CARE

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SCHOOL

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EDUCATION

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Lives in foster care: the educational and social support experiences of young people aged 13 to 14 years in long term foster care

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Report

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Trinity College Dublin, Children's Research Centre

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